New-York tribune., 1887-04-24

bitterly longer On the contrary We started oTsJ
out with frcsh zeal In . fresh hack-s dollar and
half an hour for the first hour and dollar hour later
on How much good nights rest does for the spirit a.
ven - tho neshi Prudence placed revised list OF nat
sdvcrtisomenh In her hand bag Tho list contained
esw pleasing now clipped from the morning papers
! ! !
he reader win please understand that these and
exclamation points short hand of the tale decline to
ten In cstenso Of that second mornings nat hunting
Why 20 into disagreeable Particular The first nat was
badly Of repair but then the neshborhod was good
the second was good. but then the neghborhood was
badly out of repairs third good and the neghDor
hood good but hen tho rent was too steep for u.s.
the fourth arranged 90 that the dining could
only bo reached passng through two bedrooms; the
nth was offered years lease and not longer-a
scheme which seemed to Us terribe temptauon 70
landlord to raise tho rent annually.
may state right here that heard tho other day Of
family which went to reside in the swell - fat several
years ago. They engaged their apartments at nrst at
- 200 but could only get lease for year Since then
the has been raised several times until now they pay
G2,7OO for the accommodations They Ike II where
they are and prefer endure the repeated rent eeva
tons they than ay ats that they know not or
After emerging from tho nth nat called halt for
lunch and that meal disposed Of. Prudence remarked
srve made up my mind. Richard to do two things this
afternoon I'm going fow real estate offices to find
out what chance there 10 Of renting house for $l2OO
and II ind that there Isn't any chance I'm going to call
ON Mrs. Mddlemas and II she thinks that 1t would be
good idea for US TO try Brooklyn"
II seemed that the suggestion was good one-in
fact anything was better than hunting more fats that
afternoon We lost time In getting to leading real
estate 0foe
Ppdenoe-we called to see SIR II you had on your list
threcstory house to rent for not to exceed 81 POO
Agent-No ma'am. We have not
Prudence with sigh,-Do you suppose there would be
any use of our advertising for such housed
Aoent-I know there wouldn't bo You might have o
few offered you but you wouldn't look at of them
You can't get house at that figure in neighborhood
that you'd consent to live in especially there are
young children
Prsdence-We have two small children. IA pausel 30
you believe there's Of advertisin Well. II
docs seem extraordinary. Ihave an uncle In Phadei
phis who pays-
Aoens-Oh. yes you got moro good houses at that
prioe In Philadelphia than you can shake stick at But
Philadelphia not New-York Good day.
We ted two other real estate Offices with the
suit They had no such houses their sts: they were
quito confident that would be useless for rs to adver
se for thom These did not add TO our hap
pness but then. pointed out 70 Prudence they sim
pned the problem that was engrossng our onegea Ihc
next number programme was Mrs Middcmas.
Sho was an old friend Of who having lived IN New
York all her life and having married daughter whose
homo was In Brooklyn. could doubtless DO OF service 70
us In this trying hour Behold in her drawing room
Prudence sitting beside her sofa pouring the story
Of our trials and tribuiauons Into her cara
~And 90 It is" was Prudence's peroraron, that We
have ventured to come you for advice Now tell us.
please MrsL Mddlemas. had We better try BrooklynI
SNo" answered Mrs. Middlemas In decided tones.
sMy advice to young people newly landed In the metrop
oils who think of settling Brooklyn Ia Punchs advice
to those about to marry-Dont
swhat is tho matter with Brooklyni" inquired
sNothing In the world Brooklyn 10 o healthy. com
modious publicspirited brightly lighted securely sew
ored CITY, Its advantages for all varieties of culture are
Arstolass Are you club II maintains excellent
clubs Arc you shopper Its counters display Large
and varied assortments Of useful and fancy goods Are
you theatre opera goeri All the stare that act
or sing shine for Brooklyn. Arc you fond Of sermons
It 10 the city Of churches IL your taste domesuot IL
tho city Of homes you good in amateur heatncals
II supports theatrical organizations by the
score Are you lteraryf Il boasts Of famous historical
society and well supplied with ubraries DO you love
arti Plenty Of good pictures. old masters and new
ones are owned In Brooklyn Arc you pcdestItanf II
has park which In Some respects ts unrvalled ID q
rambe on seabeat your tasei It has It's Coney
Island And nevertheless my dear young friends. dom
60 Brooklyn Stay on this side Of tho East River
you possibly oan."
~But, my dear Mrs. Mddlemas" said Prudence with 0
laugh after your euloy upon Brooklyn your advice
sounds like seQuftsr."
srm aware that It Does" assented Mrs Middlemas
~But can simply plead Il do not love thee. Doctor
Foll' Nor am peculiar In this respect venture u
say that nine out OF every ten thoroughgong NewYork
ers feel the way about Brooklyn You look scep
cal Prudence but let me give you leaf out of my owl
experience Ny twin daughters. as you know we're mar
ried on day One chose splendid young fellow
from New-Zoaland tho other . splendid young fellow
from Brooklyn Well. that was ten years ago. Now
strange a. may to those who have not sudie<
thia local mystery have visited my daughter In Now
Zealand oftencr than my daughter in Brooklyn. have
been twice to Zealand in ten years and only once
Brooklyn The only explanation I can offer Of M
conduct s that 1t tires much less TO mako tho journey
to New-Zealand than 1t does TO make the journey
Brooklyn Singular, isn't tt But not so very singular
after all, Prudence. when you come To think Of IT,
order got my daughter In Brooklyn take the Madi
son Avenue to Forty -secondst; then climb th
steep elevated railroad strs then change TO tho little
elevated road and ride TO Thirdave then change to tn
Third elevated road and ride TO tho Bridge; the
change the platform Leading TO the Bridge cars AM
walk 10 the cars then change to tho and ride
Brooklyn; then change TO another pair Of steep stair
and walk the Court street horse and ride to Sacs
ctts then change TO the sackett Street and rid
to-whats street. then change 10 the sidewa
and walk block and half TO my daughters house
Now get New Zealand with less wear and tear
tho vital forces take through and steamer AM
before know IL have reached my destination Tho las
time went 70 Brooklyn had 70 stand up nearly tn
entire distance mover have to stand up on my way
Ncw-zoaland. When get back from New-ZcalandI fot
fresh ~ when started But when got back froI
Brooklyn nnd myself completely exhausted and hav
to go straight to bed"
When we were once more on the pavement I looked q
Prudence and Prudence looked 1t me- and then We bot
burst out laughing
"Prudence. wonder what little gems Of nats Wit
hard wood finish come 1t In Newzsaland. Suppose W
ho for EewZealAnd."
Richard" replied the wife Of my bosom. ut begin
70 look - quest might end In boarding houss
Let trust viii not b forced Into With marble
ised paper the hall and slithogrsph Of The Deaf